Väriä

Vääriä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective väärä, meaning false or wrong. It is used to describe plural nouns when the object is indefinite, partial, or presented in a non-countable sense. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, and vääriä typically occurs with nouns in the partitive case.

Common contexts for vääriä include statements about information, claims, or data, where the object is viewed as incorrect or not fully reliable. Examples of phrases are vääriä väitteitä, vääriä tietoja, vääriä uutisia, and vääriä johtopäätöksiä. For instance, “Verkossa kiersi vääriä tietoja” means false information circulated online, while “Vääriä väitteitä esitettiin” refers to false claims being presented.

Vääriä differs from other forms of the adjective väärä in its function within a sentence. The nominative plural form is väärät (as in “Nämä ovat väärät vastaukset”), whereas vääriä is the partitive plural used when the object is not fully counted or is part of a larger indefinite quantity. This distinction reflects Finnish case and inflection patterns rather than a change in meaning.

Semantically, vääriä carries a plain descriptive sense of incorrectness. It is commonly used in media, science, education, and everyday language. Related terms include epätarkka (inaccurate) and virheellinen (erroneous), with virheellinen often carrying a more technical or formal nuance.